Second Amendment News Roundup for 6/30/07

Washington, DC (TLS). Here is today's Second Amendment News Roundup:

From the GOA: Gun owners played a huge role in the defeat of the immigration compromise bill:
http://www.gunowners.org/a062907.htm

The GOA also has an excellent and detailed analysis of the problems associated with the McCarthy-Dingel-NRA bill, HR 2640:
http://www.gunowners.org/netb.htm

Gun Law News reports that Fred Thompson gave an extended and thorough rationale for his unswerving support of the Second Amendment (also a link to the interview):
http://www.gunlawnews.org/Federal-Politics/fr062807-2.html

The McCarville Report has info on a new Rasmussen poll that shows voters perceive Fred Thompson as the most conservative of the Presidential candidates:
http://wwwtmrcom.blogspot.com/2007/06/thompson-perceived-as-most-conservative.html

The Bitch Girls say that Fred Thompson picked up some major support among gun owners because of a certain thing he did on his campaign swing into New Hampshire:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7033

Again, over at The Bitch Girls, Bitter says that her boyfriend Sabastian (Snow Flakes in Hell) went way too far in cutting slack to criminal profiler Pat Brown, who seemed to indicate that male gun ownership is a red flag for mental instability:
http://www.thebitchgirls.us/?p=7030

John Lott blogs about the sharp increase in the number of applications for concealed carry permits in East Tennessee:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2007/06/eastern-tennessee-experiencing-sharp.html

Say Uncle has good news about the Tiahrt Amendment (and its counterpart in the Senate, the Shelby Amendment):
http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2007/06/29/tiahrt_stays/

Traction Control has more info on the free firearms training offered by Front Sight Firearms Training, in exchange for web links:
http://tractioncontrol.well-regulatedmilitia.org/?p=488

Alphecca blogs about the Fairness Doctrine's current demise...but his post reminded me that the current block on funds which was passed by the House is only a temporary measure. Pelosi, Feinstein, and many others intend to bring it back up:
http://www.alphecca.com/?p=277